Herbie

Boy · recorded 1913–2007

  • 2007last recorded
  • 1939best year

Most popular in 1939.

Last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Herbie.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1913

0142819131937196019842007

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 68 recorded years as a table
Herbie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191310
19199
19215
19239
19247
19278
19289
19297
19307
193112
193215
19338
193415
193513
193612
193718
193817
193928
194016
194114
194213
194313
194423
19459
19468
194713
194814
194913
19509
195111
19528
19537
19548
19559
19569
195713
195814
195921
196020
196120
196215
196314
196414
196512
196610
196710
196811
19697
19706
19717
19729
197312
197411
197512
19764
19774
19783
19795
19804
19815
19826
19835
19853
19864
19873
19943
19953
20073

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Herbie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2007
7
Rank in 2007
#9,788
How rare
1 in 296,487 boys
Since 1913
1,094

Herbie was last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1939, at 28 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Herbie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.